Voting booth



I'. S. DRAPER.

VOTING BOOTH.

APPLICATION'FILED JAN. 28, 1918.

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I. S. DRAPER.

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I. S. DRAPER.

VOTING BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2B,1918.

1,421,423 Patented July 4, 1922.

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ISAAC SAMUEL DRAPER, SULLIVAN, INDIANA.

VOTING BOOTH.

Application filed January 28, 1918.

Z '0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that Isaac S. DRAPER, citizen of the United. States, residing at Sullivan. in the county of Sullivan and State of Indiana. has invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Voting Booths; and. I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to voting booths of the collapsible type. the object thereof being to produce simplicity in the construction, and to render the structure readily collapsible and easy to set up for use, as well as to secure lightness and durability.

Figure 1, is a front view of the booth in perspective Figure 2, is a rear perspective view of the same;

Figure 8, is a perspective view of the booth when collapsed;

Figure 4, is a view showing the specific formation of two of the braces which main tain the separation of the sections of the booth when it is in use;

Figure 5, is a view of one of the hasps or diagonal braces which impart rigidity to the booth when it is set up;

Figure 6. is a fragmental view showing parts of two of the sections associated with one of the hinged shelves.

The booth, as shown, has three compartments, but it may be provided with any number of compartments, as desired. It contains two end frames, A, and a plurality of intermediate frames, A, of similar construction. each frame being composed of vertical front and rear posts, a, and a, and upper. intermediate and lower cross-pieces, (1?, (t and a.

Pieces of drilling, muslin, or of some other suitable fabric. are secured to the frames in any suitable manner; as by tacks, thus closing the sides of compartments of the booth.

The braces, B and B, comprise each two.

parts. which are pivotally connected to gether at one end, and are pivoted to two of the adjacent frames. the lower braces being merely flat strips of metal, suitably perforated to receive the necessary pivots, while the upper braces are made concave at their overlapping ends, 7), so as to form a rigid connection when said overlapping I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4. 1922.

Serial No. 214,165.

i ends are drawn tightly together by the wing nuts, 7), bymeans of which they are piv oted to each other.

Extending diagonally from the tops of the intermediate frames to points below the tops of the end frames, are hasps or braces, C, which are pivoted at one end, as at, c, and are hooked at the opposite end, as at, 1/, to engage a pin, 0 in a detachable manner. These hasps or braces impart rigidity to the booth, and thereby maintain the frames thereof in a true vertical position.

The shelves, D, are hinged each to one of the frames, as at, d, and extend across the compartments to the frames on the other sides thereof, where the free ends rest upon cleats, cl, when the booth is in use. The shelves are narrow, and are disposed at the rear end of the booth in order to leave room for the voters in front of them, and at a convenient height for a person who occupies a standing position. The said shelves operate as braces, and hence impart additional rigidity to the booth.

Curtains, E, sustained by cords, e, enclose the compartments at their upper ends, and are of sufficient length to prevent observation of the shelves from the outside of the booth. The back of the booth requires no closure, for when in use the booth is naturally placed against the wall of the room which prevents observation of the interior of the booth from the rear. Closures for the top and the bottom of the booth are of course not necessary.

A hook, F, and an eye, f, are attached to the end frames of the booth at the front thereof, for the purpose of securing one of these frames to the other when the booth is collapsed. A small hasp or hook, G, is pivoted to one of the end frames and is of such length as to engage the thumb nut, g, when the booth is collapsed, the diagonal brace being at that time disengaged from said thumb nut, which is its securing means. Said hasp, G, has a thumb nut, g, at its pivoted end which serves as the securing means for the adjacent diagonal brace.

The two diagonal braces, 0, when not in use, are aligned with the edges .of the intermediate frames, and thus do not interfere with the bringing of the frames into contact with each other. The thickness of the collapsed booth is, therefore, not increased by the presence of these braces. The shelves are hinged to the upper sides of the intermediate cross pieces, a so that when turned up they will lie, substantially, in the planes of the corresponding frames. Because of these dispositions of the braces and the shelves, the thickness of the collapsed booth is substantially the sum of the thicknesses of its component frames.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A voting booth, including a series of substantially rigid end and intermediate frames arranged face to face, foldable twopart braces connecting adjacent frames at the tops and bottoms of said frames and pivoted thereto at their front and rear edges, and in such positions that when the booth is collapsed said braces will substantially coincide with two of the abutting frames, and pivoted diagonally arranged braces detachable at their ends and extending each from one frame to another frame.

2. A voting booth, having a plurality of frames arranged face to face, foldable twopart braces connected to adjacent frames for holding said frames separated, and pivoted diagonal braces extending from the tops of intermediate frames to and separably engaged with the end frames.

3. A voting booth, including frames, pivoted diagonal braces, foldable two-part braces connected to adjacent frames, and hinged shelves paralleling said foldable braces, the pivotal points of the several elements being-so disposed that said elements will not intervene between the parts of the booth and separate the same when the booth is collapsed.

4:. A voting booth, including frames, coverings for said frames constituting partitions,

upper and lower foldable braces connected ISAAC SAMUEL DRAPER.

Witnesses:

K. M. CLIVER, Ennnsr CowLEs. 

